Pepe Escobar
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The Boston blowback By Pepe Escobar
If the convoluted FBI narrative of the Boston bombing is to be believed – and that’s a suspension of disbelief ‘if’ – here’s the new Osama Bin Laden (this time captured alive); Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, a graduate from a Cambridge, Mass. High school, enrolled at UMass Dartmouth, fluent speaker of English, Russian and Chechen, former… Continue reading
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Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa: BRICS go over the Wall By Pepe Escobar
Reports on the premature death of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) have been greatly exaggerated. Western corporate media is flooded with such nonsense, perpetrated in this particular case by the head of Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Continue reading
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Real liars go to Tehran By Pepe Escobar
Uncle Marx never thought about this one: history repeating itself as double tragedy after already being a farce in the first place. Let’s examine the case in hand. First of all, take a close look at this Wall Street Journal op-ed from September 2002, in the hysterical run-up towards the invasion of Iraq. Continue reading
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ColdType, March 2013: Chavez / Greg Palast / Pepe Escobar / Jeffrey R Webber / Chris Hedges and more…
This month’s Cover Story, Death of a President, covers the death and legacy of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, with essays by Greg Palast, Pepe Escobar and Jeffrey R. Webber. We’ve also got Chris Hedges’ notes from the indictment of whistleblower Bradley Manning, Mark Mule’s wonderful story of the problems of touring with a non-union production… Continue reading
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NATO aims for a Nobel war prize By Pepe Escobar
Look at the cast selected to receive the award; the spectacularly useless Herman van Rompuy (president of the European Council); the spectacularly mediocre Jose Manuel Barroso (president of the European Commission); and non-entity Martin Schulz, president of the European Parliament. The Rolling Stones may be geriatric, but at least they still know how to work… Continue reading
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Video: Chemical Hype Behind Patriot Games on Syria Border By grtv
5 December 2012 — grtv NATO foreign ministers have approved the deployment of Patriot missiles in Turkey. Ankara had asked its Alliance partners for the weapons, after several deadly cross-border fire incidents with Syria. Asia Times correspondent Pepe Escobar says the deployment of Patriot missiles in Turkey is designed to further intimidate Damascus. Continue reading
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10,000 U.S. Troops – Plus French, British Forces – Get Ready for War Against Syria
7 November 2012 — Washington’s Blog Will Hype and Over-Reaction Lead to War? Anonymous U.S. officials are accusing Syria of building chemical weapons, and DebkaFile is reporting (via RT) that an aircraft carrier, numerous battle ships, amphibious ready group, 10,000 troops and heavy military equipment have already been sent to the Syrian coast: Continue reading
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Podcast Show #99: The “Surge” in Iraq & the “Real” David Petraeus
Globetrotting reporter Pepe Escobar returns for a debrief on his recent adventure in the US, talks about the real Petraeus, Benghazi and Gaza and offers us his colorful, informed comments and observations. Continue reading
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Bomb Iran? No. Bomb Gaza? Yes! By Pepe Escobar
Launching a war, for the IDF, is child’s play. Tel Aviv just had to kill a few Palestinian civilians like the dangerous soccer terrorist – and send in some extra tanks. Gaza factions had to respond – and they targeted Israeli soldiers (not civilians). That was the perfect excuse for Tel Aviv to go on… Continue reading
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THE ROVING EYE: Syria and those ‘disgusting’ BRICS By Pepe Escobar
A Greek choir of the “disgusted” and the “outraged” predictably greeted BRICS members Russia and China double veto to the United Nations Security Council resolution imposing regime change in Syria. The resolution was backed by that haven of democracy, the GCC League, the organization controlled by the six monarchies/emirates of the Gulf Cooperation Council formerly… Continue reading
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‘NATO wants a simmering civil war in Syria – as a prelude’ — RT
Pepe Escobar says that the Free Syrian Army, which claims to have more than 25,000 members fighting to bring down President Assad, is in fact turning into a huge militia marshalling forces near Syria’s borders with Turkey and Jordan. Continue reading
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The Shadow War in Syria By Pepe Escobar
Target Syria — the strategic prize that outstrips Libya. The stage is set. The stakes couldn’t be higher. Libya 2.0 equals Syria? It’s more like Libya 2.0 remix. With the same R2P (‘responsibility to protect’) rationale — starring civilians bombed into ‘democracy.’ But with no UN Security Council resolution (Russia and China will veto it).… Continue reading
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Escobar: Al-Qaeda asset is military commander of Tripoli — RT
Speaking to RT today live from Brazil, Asia Times correspondent Pepe Escobar said that an al-Qaeda asset is now leading the military of rebel-controlled Libya. Continue reading
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Escobar: Al-Qaeda asset is military commander of Tripoli — RT
Speaking to RT today live from Brazil, Asia Times correspondent Pepe Escobar said that an al-Qaeda asset is now leading the military of rebel-controlled Libya. Continue reading
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R2P is now Right 2 Plunder By Pepe Escobar
The white man’s burden doesn’t allow asking Africans what they think about the current Western/monarchical Arab onslaught on the northern shores of their continent. At least some are not beating around the bush. Continue reading
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THE ROVING EYE: Sweet crude of mine By Pepe Escobar
Nothing in the world would be sweeter for the House of Saud – extremely distasteful of most Arab secular republics – than a friendly, brand new emirate in northern Africa. Continue reading
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Disaster capitalism swoops over Libya By Pepe Escobar
Think of the new Libya as the latest spectacular chapter in the Disaster Capitalism series. Instead of weapons of mass destruction, we had R2P (‘responsibility to protect’). Instead of neo-conservatives, we had humanitarian imperialists. Continue reading
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Welcome to Libya’s ‘democracy’ By Pepe Escobar
The Big Gaddafi has barely left the building – the Bab-al-Aziziyah compound – and the Western vultures are already circling overhead; the scramble is on to seize the ‘big prize’ – Libya’s oil and gas wealth. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 